Beer-cooler.



No. 818,056. l PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

F. H. STROBEL.

BEER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1. 1905.

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TINIFD STATES PATENT (IFFIQIE.

BEER-COOLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17,1906.

Application i'lled August l, 1905. Serial No.. 272,217.

To @ZZl rch/0m, it tay concern:

Beit known that I, FREDRIcx H. STROBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in beer-coolers and the principal obj ect is to provide means for thinning out the volume of beer and spreading it over a correspondingly large surface as it is drawn from the tanks.

With this object in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective. Fig. 2 is a detail, and Fig. 3 is a section, of the apparatus.

A represents a box containing one or more tanks and adapted to be filled with ice, which The tanks are made in two chambers 1 and 2, one of which iits within the other, leaving a space therebetween for the circulation of beer in a comparatively thin volume, so that it is exposed externally and internally to surfaces surrounded with the ice or cooling medium, the inner vessel being adapted to be lled with ice and the outer one surrounded by it in the box A. These vessels have outwardly-extending flanges 3 and 4 at their upper edges, between which is a packing 5, and the pivoted fastening-bolts 6 6 are adapted to swing between lugs 7 7 and the thumb-nuts 8 8, turned to secure the two vessels tightly together. To further thin out the beer, a partition 10 is placed between the two chambers, and it is notched at the edge or perforated, as at 1 1 11, whereby to insure the passage of the beer in relatively thin jets or volume as it is drawn from the tanks by the spigots 12 12.

K is a keg containing the beer, adapted to be placed in the cellar or other convenient place. A pipe 15 extends through the hole 14 in one end of the keg to or approximately to the bottom of the keg, and this pipe is provided with a valve 13. A rubber tube 16 extends to the fixture 17, which has a stop-valve 18 in it for opening and closing it at will, and an automatic ball check-valve 19 at the top of the gooseneck 20. A rod 21 is provided to displace this ball-valve if it should become stuck to its seat for any reason. In this way several important advantages are attained first the thorough and uniform cooling of the beer is absolutely assured, and, secondly, Waste is prevented by precluding the possibility of the beer returning to the keg after the gas or pressure therein shall have ceased.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A beer-cooler comprising two vessels, one adapted to be placed within the other whereby space is left therebetween for the circulation of beer, and a partition interposed between the walls of the space dividing the space between the vessels into two compartments, and inlet and outlet conduits for conveying and discharging the beer to the compartments, said partition having perforations at different elevations therein and adjacent to one of the exposed surfaces of the vessels whereby the contents pass in limited quantities from one subdivision to the other, thereby insuring its exposure to the cool surface whereby the beer is thoroughly cooled.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDRICK H. STROBEL.

Witnesses:

E. WALTER ROBINSON, E. WALTON BREwINGToN. 

